13.7% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newnham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newnham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 13.7% of people in Newnham volunteer their time, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average. This highlights a community where fewer residents engage in unpaid local activities compared to other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the state figure of 18.0%. This is roughly the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with 11.6% of people providing unpaid care and 16.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well below both state and national figures. Around 23.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national rate of 26.3%.
11.6% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.9% of the Newnham population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and sits about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Newnham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60452/newnham/topic/community